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Seymour Smith Patent Oct 4, 1859 #25,681
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Henry Disston Patent May 11, 1875 #163,162 1914 catalog lists two sizes #1 large at 10" and #2 small at 8 3/8" |
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| Brown's set made in Britain |
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Disston wrest from kit |
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Otto Frisk Patent Feb 26, 1924 # 1,485,114 & Jacob Buller Jul 21, 1936 #2,048,596 |
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Abel Stillman Patent Sept 26, 1848 #5,810 Top is larger with 4 adjustments uncommon Bottom smaller 6 adjustments common Every Stillman made of this pattern has "Stillman's Patent 1848" stamped on it even though it may have been made in the 1890's. 1848 does not mean that it was made in 1848. |
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Stillman non-patent with brass slider |
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| A Stillman type with the adjuster wheel vertical. Unknown maker, unmarked |
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| Stillman type with fancy cut-out thumbscrews large 10" long |
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| Hand made Stillman type |
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Samuel Knight Patent Oct
28, 1873 # 144,111 Combination saw set and Joiner. The file was inserted into the piece located in the handle shown in the second picture. |
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| John Begbie adjustable marked Patent pending with end stop |
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| T. C. Bush Patent Dec 18, 1855 #13,938 |
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| Edward Mershon Patent Oct 15, 1912 # 1,041,321 |
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William Dessureau patent July 14, 1885 # 322,165 Combination saw set & raker gage three different examples shown
Sold as McDonald's patent Advertisement from 1899 Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. Catalog |
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Disston combination saw set & raker gage
Scan from the 1893 Disston Hand-book For Lumbermen |
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| David Logan patent Nov 18, 1884 #308,082 |
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| Eben Boynton Patent Jun 20, 1876 #178,832 for combination file/wrest |
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Carl Kardell Patent Jun 20, 1893 # 499,789 from Sept 9, 1893 Scientific American Click on the picture for the full page |
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Bemis & Call H & T Co For more information on Bemis & Call |
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Bemis & Call H & T Co With stop |
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German wrest with adjustable stop |
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Onesime Racine Patent Jul 7, 1925 # 1,545,011 Simonds adjustable double sided on top, single sided on the bottom large 18 1/2" long
Advertisement from 1943 Simonds catalog |
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Onesime Racine Patent Jul 7, 1925 # 1,545,011 Simonds adjustable small sized
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John Whisler Patent Feb 14, 1928 # 1,659,419 Big 4 saw set |
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John Smith
Patent May 5, 1874 # 150,626
Small and large size shown
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Simonds wrest part of a crosscut saw sharpening kit |
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Hand made wrests note remains of wood rasp on bottom one |
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Common English wrest with boxwood handle Sheffield stamped on blade Note pronged screw driver for tightening saw handle nuts |
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Wrest marked W & C Wynn Warranted cast steel Made in England |
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Cast iron wrest unknown maker 8" long |
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Wrest marked Slater with old handmade wooden handle |
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Unmarked wrest |
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Large wrest unknown maker 13" long |
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Waller saw set. By pushing
the handle back and forth the set advances and sets left and right teeth. John A. Waller Patent Mar 7, 1933 #1,900,083 |
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Marble's Arms saw set William Swainston Patent Mar 3, 1914 # 1,088,941 This saw set never appeared in any of the Marbles catalogs only as a flyer insert |
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| William Clendonen Patent Jun 4, 1907 #855,616 |
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| Enoch Lutz Patent July 28, 1874 # 153,585. Photo supplied by Tim Bonelli |
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